1948 term · Vinson Court · 5-4
National Mutual Insurance Co. v. Tidewater Transfer Co., Inc.
337 U.S. 582 · 69 S. Ct. 1173 · 1949 U.S. LEXIS 2924
The record
- Term
- 1948
- Decided
- Issue area
- Judicial Power
- Vote split
- 5-4
- Winning party
- Petitioner
- Decision direction
- Liberal
- Chief Justice
- Vinson Court
- Disposition
- Reversed
- Docket
- 29
- U.S. Reports
- 337 U.S. 582
- S. Ct. citation
- 69 S. Ct. 1173
- LEXIS citation
- 1949 U.S. LEXIS 2924
How the bench divided
MMMCCDDDD
M 3 majorityC 2 concurringD 4 dissenting
| Justice | Vote |
|---|---|
| Harold Burton | Majority |
| Hugo Black | Majority |
| Robert H. Jackson | Judgment of the Court |
| Wiley Rutledge | Special concurrence |
| Frank Murphy | Special concurrence |
| William O. Douglas | Dissent |
| Felix Frankfurter | Dissent |
| Stanley Reed | Dissent |
| Fred M. Vinson | Dissent |
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